Library book group announces meetings

KENT — The book discussion group at Kent Memorial Library for spring 2018 is a follow up to the library’s fall theme, and in keeping with recent films about losses England sustained and cracks in the British Empire the wars revealed. The first book will be about WWI, and move on from there. The group meets monthly on Thursdays at 5 p.m. Discussions are led by Betty Krasne, PhD, writer, professor emerita, and long time Kent resident.

Why was a country so far from the battles so deeply affected by the two world wars? These novels give some answers to that question and introduce readers to books about a part of the world often overlooked for its arts: Australian Novels, WWI to WWII.

Discussion dates and topics include: March 29, The Daughters of Mars by Thomas Keneally; April 19, The Light Between Oceans by M.L. Stedman; May 10, The Strays by Emily Bitto; The Narrow Road to the Deep North by Richard Flanagan.

The group meets in the Reading Room. The meetings are free and open to the public. Register at the circulation desk so the librarians will know how many books to round up. Call the Library to register at 860-9273761.Visit kentmemoriallibrary.org for more information.